In the Metropolia of Cyrillic there is tension building among certain cantors about how many tones there can be before there are too many. While it is widely recognized that there are eight official liturgical tones, certain cantors (namely two from St. Alonso's parish) in the said metropolia are trying desperately to change this. The two cantors who are at the greatest fault are Charlie Baffling Jr. and Paul Strychalski. In the most recent study on cantors in the Metropolia of Cyrillic, Charlie and Paul were voted as the worst offenders of Liturgical tones.
When I brought this study to Mr. Baffling's attention at a cantors press conference in the Metropolia, he responded by saying that his musical talent and years spent in the music business should allow him to make whatever changes he feels are necessary. This caused an uproar from most of those present (however, there were several who agreed with Baffling).When the same study was shown the Paul Strychalski he turned and blamed the influence of Mr. Baffling.
While there is much uproar in the Metropolia of Cyrillic, one question remains to be answered: "Should we hold to having only the eight tones we currently use, or should we consider adding one or several more? How many tones are too many?". Of course, there are extremists on both sides of the argument, but do not be surprised if this becomes a national argument in the near future.
- TNN
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